Susan T Gardner
Biographic Data
| ID | 641251 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan T Gardner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan T |
| FAMILY NAME | Gardner |
| SIGNATURE | GARDNER S T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Capilano University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6740-8105 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Sisyphus and Climate Change
The tragedy of the commons is a primary contributing factor in ensuring that humanity makes no serious inroads in averting climate change. As a recent Canadian politician pointed out, we could shut down the Canadian economy tomorrow, and it would make no measurable difference in global greenhouse gas emissions. When coordinated effort is required, it would seem that doing the “right thing” alone is irrational: it will harm oneself with no positiv…
Authenticity
In answer to the question of why, precisely, we want our students to change the way they think, the authors argue that the goal ought to be “authenticity,” and, by referring to authors in the fields of philosophy, psychology and neuroscience, they argue that we can nudge one another toward that goal through what they refer to as the “language of freedom” in an environment in which individuals become entangled in matrices of interpersonal reasoned…
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Authenticity
In answer to the question of why, precisely, we want our students to change the way they think, the authors argue that the goal ought to be “authenticity,” and, by referring to authors in the fields of philosophy, psychology and neuroscience, they argue that we can nudge one another toward that goal through what they refer to as the “language of freedom” in an environment in which individuals become entangled in matrices of interpersonal reasoned…
Sisyphus and Climate Change
The tragedy of the commons is a primary contributing factor in ensuring that humanity makes no serious inroads in averting climate change. As a recent Canadian politician pointed out, we could shut down the Canadian economy tomorrow, and it would make no measurable difference in global greenhouse gas emissions. When coordinated effort is required, it would seem that doing the “right thing” alone is irrational: it will harm oneself with no positiv…
Sociology (2 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work) · Commons (1 work) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 work) · Education and Critical Thinking Development (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Harm (1 work) · History (1 work)